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Queen's offers 10 dynamic engineering programs

Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering is the most universal and versatile of engineering disciplines.

Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering is a challenging and dynamic profession serving society to improve the quality of our life, the health of our social system, the continuity of our economy and business activities, and our competitive position in the international market place.

Computer Engineering

Did you know recent surveys have shown that Electrical and Computer Engineers are amongst the highest demand university graduates and that Computer Engineers are listed amongst the professions with the highest quality of life?

Engineering Chemistry

Engineering Chemistry graduates bring a strong background in both chemistry and chemical engineering to treat problems of industrial interest.

Engineering Physics

Thinking of Engineering Physics? It could lead to a career in Science & Technology, Aerospace, Computers & Electronics, Image Processing & Medical Physics, Finance, Education & Management, or Academic, Industrial & Government Research.

Geological Engineering

A Geological Engineer combines a knowledge of geological materials and earth engineering design principles to create viable and sustainable projects.

Mathematics and Engineering

The Mathematics and Engineering undergraduate programme is a challenging one. Students who are most successful in the programme have deep interests in both Mathematics and Engineering. If you are an Engineering student wondering whether Mathematics and Engineering is for you, a good question to ask yourself is, "Do you want to know
why and not just what?"

How to Guides

In order to be considered for admission into the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, applicants must have a minimum GPA of 2.7 and no failures in relevant courses on their university transcript.

It’s the number of first-year Engineering courses that students have that determines if they are first-year or upper year admission. Students who have completed fewer than the equivalent of at least 6 of the 11 courses that first year Engineering students take should apply for first-year Engineering. Those with at least 6 of the 11 first-year Engineering courses need to apply for upper-year Engineering.

Current Queen's students who are requesting to transfer from one faculty to another will have the courses that they have taken at Queen's examined to see if any of these completed credits can be applied towards their new degree program

The chart below indicates equivalencies for first-year mathematics and science courses for the Faculty of Arts & Science and the Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science.

Queen's University has a common first-year in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Candidates applying to transfer from other accredited institutions are considered for upper-year admission if they have completed more than half of the courses taken in the Queen's first-year program. The curriculum includes first-year courses in calculus, physics, chemistry, computing, linear algebra, geology and graphics.

Applications for upper-year admission consideration open on February 1st through the Ontario Universities Application Centre and are due by June 1st. One of the ten degree programs must be indicated. The on-line application is available at: www.ouac.on.ca/

The Chair of Undergraduate Studies of the department concerned reviews complete applications. The Admission Committee of the Faculty must then approve offers of admission proposed by the department.

A full Statement of Transfer Credit will be available for admitted students after they have been approved by the Associate Dean and final marks have been received. We regret that "pre assessments" are not available for potential applicants at this time.

And you meet all prerequisite requirements, and have no time conflicts, you should be able to add most OPEN upper year courses in SOLUS, unless there are departmental blocks. If there are departmental blocks, you will need to contact the offering department in order to have the course added.

You should be able to drop all Upper Year courses in SOLUS, unless there are departmental blocks. If there are departmental blocks, you will need to contact the offering department in order to have the course dropped.

And you would like to drop a First Year course, you will need to visit Student Services (Rm 300, Beamish-Munro Hall, Monday-Friday, 8:30-4:30 p.m.)

Courses offered through the Faculty of Arts and Science are typically used for your Complementary Studies requirements, please ensure that you check first the Complementary Studies list to ensure the course will meet this requirement.

Upper year students may request permission to take a course at another university by completing a Course Substitution Request form. This request must be approved (and signed) by the instructor of the Queen’s course and your department. A $60 Letter of Permission fee is required.

Please note, for courses other than Complementary Studies, the institution offering the course must be an accredited engineering program and you must have an Engineering Cumulative GPA of 1.6 or higher.

An upper year student may request permission for substitution of a course in his/her program by a similar course, either at Queen's or elsewhere, by application to the Operations Committee prior to enrolling in the substitute course. Approval for a request for a course substitution must be recommended by the instructor of the prescribed course and the department. For courses other than Complementary Studies, the request will normally only be considered if the institution offering the course has an accredited engineering program and if the student has a cumulative average of at least 60 percent. If a request to take a substitute course at another institution is approved, the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science will issue a Letter of Permission to allow the student to enroll in the course.

When it is used: The student wishes to take another course either at Queen's which is not currently part of his or her prescribed curriculum, or at another university.

Student Responsibilities for a substitution of a Queen's course: The student must complete the form and obtain the approval/signatures of the course instructor of the course to be substituted, and his or her Undergraduate Chair. Once the form is complete, the student must submit the form to the Faculty Office.

Student Responsibilities for a substitution of a course taken at another university: The student must complete the form and obtain the approval/signatures of the Queen's course instructor (if applicable)*, and his or her Undergraduate Chair. Once the form is complete, the student must submit the form to the Faculty Office, along with the course syllabus and grading scale for the course to be taken at another university, and the $60 administrative fee (cheque, money order, debit or credit card only). NOTE: No fee is required if the student's requests are related participation in an approved Queen's Exchange Program. If the request is approved by the Academic Progress Committee, upon completion of the course, the student must ensure that an official transcript is sent to the Faculty Office in order to process the course credit.

Withdrawal from a course after the prescribed deadlines requires the approval of the department and the Operations Committee, and will only be permitted in exceptional circumstances. Late withdrawals will be indicated on the student's transcript by the designation DR.

When it is used: The student must obtain permission to drop a course after the deadline.

Student Responsibilities: The student must complete the form and obtain the signatures of the course instructor, and his or her Undergraduate Chair. Submissions should include rationale for the request and any appropriate supporting documentation. Once the form is complete, the student must submit the form to the Faculty Office, along with the $60 administrative fee (cheque, money order, debit or credit card only)

A student may add a course to his or her program only within the first two weeks of classes in the course. The addition of a course after the prescribed deadline requires approval of the course instructor, the department in which the student is registered and the Dean.

When it is used: The student must obtain permission to add a course after the deadline.

Student Responsibilities: The student must complete the form and obtain the approval/signatures of the course instructor, and his or her Undergraduate Chair. Submissions should include rationale for the request and any appropriate supporting documentation. Once the form is complete, the student must submit the form to the Faculty Office, along with the $60 administrative fee (cheque, money order, debit or credit card only)

When it is used: Student has failed a course and now would like to take another course to replace the failed course in his or her average

Both courses will show up in his or her transcript and the substituted course must be taken during the current academic session.

In SOLUS the course that was failed will have the notation 'Excluded in GPA' under the course and the new course will have the notation 'Included in GPA'

Student Responsibilities: The student must complete the form and obtain the approval/signatures of the course instructor for the original course, and his or her Undergraduate Chair. Submissions should include rationale for the request and any appropriate supporting documentation. Once the form is complete, the student must submit the form to the Faculty Office.

If a student is unable to write the final examination or to submit required coursework because of incapacitating illness or other extenuating circumstances, a mark of "IN" (Incomplete) will be recorded for the course on the recommendation of the course instructor and the Department Head, and approval by the Operations Committee. The submission of a mark of "IN" must be accompanied by documents supporting the request and by a proposed date of completion which shall be as early as possible. In such cases, the course for which a mark of "IN" has been entered will be excluded when calculating sessional and cumulative averages of the student concerned. An "IN" on a transcript does not preclude the application of Regulations 2g and 10. If the student does not complete the course by the date set by the Operations Committee, the mark in the course will be changed to a mark reflecting zero grades on the missing components of the course.

When it is used: An incomplete grade request should be submitted only if a student is unable to complete the course requirements (e.g. has not written the final exam or submitted required coursework) due to incapacitating illness or other extenuating circumstances.

Student/Instructor Responsibilities: The student should communicate with the course instructor to ensure that an Incomplete Grade Request will be submitted to the Faculty Office. The Instructor should complete the form, enter the default mark (original mark), and in communication with the student, determine a proposed date of completion. The form should then be submitted to the Faculty Office. Submissions should include rationale for the request and any appropriate supporting documentation.

If you need to take a part-time course load there are a few considerations that you should be aware of:

If you will be taking less than 16.1 credits per term, your tuition charge will be based on a per-credit structure. For example, if you are a domestic student taking 10 credits per term, your tuition would be 10 credits x the current per credit fee (in 2017-2018 this fee was $395.71). For information about the current tuition fees for Domestic and International students, please see www.queensu.ca/registrar/financials/tuition-fees

Regulation 7 stipulates that students must complete their degree within 6 years. If you have not completed your degree within 6 years you may be required to withdraw.

You can retake a course that you have passed; however, please be advised priority for the course will be given to students who still need to complete the requirement and the most recent grade (not best grade) will count in your GPA. This means that if your grade goes down from the original grade it will be the lower grade that will count in your GPA.

We do have a program called Bounce Back that is a peer mentoring program. The mentors are upper year engineering students who are familiar with the demands of the curriculum and can help manage the balance of studying, social, and organization. For more information: Student Experience Office - Bounce Back

Once the form is complete, please submit the form to the Student Services Office (Rm 300, Beamish-Munro Hall), along with the course syllabus and grading scale for the course to be taken at another university.

For courses taken outside Queen’s University, there is also a $60.00 fee per letter of permission to help defray administrative costs. A separate letter of permission is required for each institution. There is no limit to the number of courses on a letter. If requests for courses at the same institution are not included on a single application, there will be a charge for each subsequent application. Payment must be made via credit card*, cheque or money order made payable to Queen’s University. *Credit card payments can be made in person at the Faculty Office (RM 300, BMH) or on-line at forms.engineering.queensu.ca

NOTE: No fee is required if the student's requests are related participation in an approved Queen's Exchange Program.

If the request is approved by the Academic Progress Committee, upon completion of the course, you must ensure that an official transcript is sent to the Student Services Office in order to process the course credit.

In order to be eligible for Dean Scholars you must have an Engineering Sessional GPA (Spring, Fall, Winter) of 3.5 or higher while taking 85% or more of your prescribed program over the year.

For example: if you are taking 37 credits over the full year and the minimum units required for your program that year is 42 credits, you will be taking 88% of your prescribed program and if you achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher you will receive Dean Scholars.

The “FR” grade (Failure with Review) is only used by engineering and means that your final mark was between 40-49% and is assigned a grade point of “0” (the same as an F) in the GPA calculation. Students who receive an FR grade MAY be eligible to write a supplemental exam (also only used by engineering) in September for that course (see below for details). Please note that the “Failure with Review” terminology came with the SOLUS program and cannot be changed … your grade is not actually “under review.”

An email will be sent by the Faculty Office when the Spring and Fall application to graduate window opens. Pay close attention to the deadline to apply as students who did not complete the application by the deadline will need to complete a Late Application to Graduate form which is assessed a

IMPORTANT: if you have successfully completed your application to graduate, you should receive a confirmation email to your Queen’s email. If you do not receive this email then you have likely not completed the application.

No, in order to be eligible to graduate at the Fall convocation ceremony you must have completed all degree requirements. You will need to apply to graduate for the Spring convocation. The Application to Graduate window for Spring will open in December of the previous year.

Academic Integrity is a commitment to the fundamental values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility

Academic Integrity concerns refer to issues that may involve a departure from those fundamental values

The following are examples (but not limited to) that constitute a DFAI: Plagiarism, Use of unauthorized materials, Facilitation, Forgery, Falsification

At any point an instructor feels necessary, they can initiate an investigation

The instructor will begin investigating a possible DFAI by assembling0 all documents related to the case

Once the DFAI has been identified, the student in question will receive a “Notice of Investigation of a Possible DFAI” – the notice should normally be provided to the student within 10 working days of the instructor becoming aware of the possible DFAI

The student can then set up an appointment to view the document(s) in question

A meeting will be arranged with the student and the instructor within 10 working days of the date of the notice – at this meeting, the instructor and the student will discuss the allegation(s), the basis for the allegation(s), and the instructor’s supporting evidence. This meeting is the student’s opportunity to respond and state his/her position with respect to the allegation(s) and supporting evidence

The student will have an opportunity to provide additional information

Following the conclusion of the investigation, the instructor can make one of the following decisions:

There has been no DFAI - therefore all of the documents related to the investigation, including the Notice and all email correspondence, will be destroyed;

There has been a DFAI

If no previous DFAI’s have been made against the student, the instructor has the authority to determine the sanction.

APSC 200/293: Grad and undergrad jobs are posted in mid-July for fall term positions, and in November for winter term positions

APSC 202: Undergraduate jobs are usually posted in February. APSC 221: Undergrad jobs are usually posted in July for fall term positions. Returning TAs often fill the winter term positions, but if space is available these are posted in November/December. Summer (online) TA positions are posted towards the end of March.

APSC 381: Grad jobs for the Winter term are usually posted in July

APSC 480: Grad jobs for the Fall-Winter terms are usually posted in July

Get familiar with your third year and fourth year curriculum. (ie: what courses do you need to take abroad and find substitutions for) See Academic Plans -Curriculum

Review course offerings at the partner Universities abroad with whom you are seeking a nomination (Hint: remember to look at not only the course content but when the course(s) are offered and is the course offered in English)

After your investigations, be prepared to submit a study plan for any of your preferred host universities, as part of the application process. This plan should clearly indicate the courses that you wish to substitute the host university, for the specific required elements of your discipline-specific program. The documentation should include the course title and a brief course description of each exchange course you wish to take. You may find this information via the web pages of our university partners.

If you are interested in acting as an Engineering Student Ambassador at any of our Faculty-run recruitment events please email engineering.events@queensu.ca to have your name added to the list of volunteers.

Whenever a volunteer opportunity becomes available you will be notified via your Queen’s email.

Micheline Johnston is the Dual Degree Advisor you can contact her by email micheline.johnston@queensu.ca for an appointment or by stopping into the Student Services office in RM 300 Beamish Munro Hall.

During the academic year, information is sent out to ‘year specific’ students regarding scholarship opportunities available to them. Some are based on academic performance or a combination of academic performance and extracurricular activities while there a few others that are granted solely based on extracurricular activities. Many of these scholarships/awards are offered at the end of the academic year when marks become available.

If your questions are not answered by visiting the web, contact Tracy Brons, Administrative Assistant to the Associate Deans at ext. 78266 or email tfb@queensu.ca.

No. Queen’s has the highest level of scholarship support of any Ontario university. In spite of this, there are not enough scholarships to reward all our first class students and choosing the winners is often a difficult process for our scholarship committee. Unfortunately, granting of scholarships/awards to students who are designated as Dean’s Scholars and who obtain a 3.5 Grade point Average or above are not automatic. Given the very high caliber of students in engineering, competition for our scholarship/awards is elevated; however, if you do obtain academic excellence in your academic plan, your changes are greater that you may be offered a scholarship/award.

Yes. We have two Embedded Counsellors available in the Student Services Office in Beamish Munro Hall. You can book an appointment to see them by contacting 613-533-6000 ext 78264 or by emailing engineering.counsellor@queensu.ca